Wildfire season: Interstate 4 threatened

Traffic moves through the haze in the westbound lanes near the State Road 44 exit of Interstate 4 as a large brush fire in Volusia County pushes dark smoke onto the highway on Friday, March 20, 2009.

Traffic moves through the haze in the westbound lanes near the State Road 44 exit of Interstate 4 as a large brush fire in Volusia County pushes dark smoke onto the highway on Friday, March 20, 2009. (STEPHEN M. DOWELL, ORLANDO SENTINEL)

An emergency vehicle leads traffic through heavy, yellow smoke along the eastbound lanes near the State Road 44 exit of Interstate 4 after a large brush fire in Volusia County pushed dark smoke onto the highway Friday, March 20, 2009.

An emergency vehicle leads traffic through heavy, yellow smoke along the eastbound lanes near the State Road 44 exit of Interstate 4 after a large brush fire in Volusia County pushed dark smoke onto the highway Friday, March 20, 2009. (STEPHEN M. DOWELL, ORLANDO SENTINEL)